# χέω
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* χύνω (khúnō)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéweti, from *ǵʰew- (“to pour”). Cognates include Sanskrit जुहोति (juhóti), Old Armenian ձեւ (jew), Latin fundō, fūtis, Old English ġēotan, guttas (English gut), and Albanian dyllë.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʰé.ɔː/ → /ˈçe.o/ → /ˈçe.o/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /kʰé.ɔː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ˈkʰe.o/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ˈçe.o/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ˈçe.o/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ˈçe.o/

### Verb

χέω • (khéō)
* (of liquids) to pour
** to shed (of tears)
** to smelt, cast (of metal)
** (passive voice) to become liquid, melt, dissolve
* (of solids) to scatter, shed
** to throw up (of soil)
** to shower (of spears)
** to let fall, drop
** (passive voice) to be heaped up, mounded
** to move together, stream
** (perfect, passive voice) to be engaged, absorbed in

#### Derived terms

* ἀμφιχέω (amphikhéō)
* ἀναχέω (anakhéō)
* ἀντεγχέω (antenkhéō)
* ἀποχέω (apokhéō)
* διαχέω (diakhéō)
* ἐγκαταχέω (enkatakhéō)
* ἐγχέω (enkhéō)
* εἰσχέω (eiskhéō)
* ἐκπροχέω (ekprokhéō)
* ἐκχέω (ekkhéō)
* ἐξαποχέω (exapokhéō)
* ἐπαναχέω (epanakhéō)
* ἐπεγχέω (epenkhéō)
* ἐπεισχέω (epeiskhéō)
* ἐπεκχέω (epekkhéō)
* ἐπικαταχέω (epikatakhéō)
* ἐπιπροχέω (epiprokhéō)
* ἐπιχέω (epikhéō)
* ῑ̓οχέαιρα (īokhéaira)
* καταπροχέω (kataprokhéō)
* καταχέω (katakhéō)
* μετακαταχέω (metakatakhéō)
* μεταχέω (metakhéō)
* μετεγχέω (metenkhéō)
* παραχέω (parakhéō)
* παρεγχέω (parenkhéō)
* παρεισχέω (pareiskhéō)
* παρεκχέω (parekkhéō)
* παρεπιχέω (parepikhéō)
* περικαταχέω (perikatakhéō)
* περιπροχέω (periprokhéō)
* περιχέω (perikhéō)
* προεκχέω (proekkhéō)
* προκαταχέω (prokatakhéō)
* προσεγχέω (prosenkhéō)
* προσεπιχέω (prosepikhéō)
* προσχέω (proskhéō)
* προϋποχέω (proüpokhéō)
* προχέω (prokhéō)
* συγχέω (sunkhéō)
* συμπροχέω (sumprokhéō)
* συναναχέω (sunanakhéō)
* συνεκχέω (sunekkhéō)
* ὑπεγχέω (hupenkhéō)
* ὑπερεκχέω (huperekkhéō)
* ὑποκαταχέω (hupokatakhéō)
* ὑποπροχέω (hupoprokhéō)
* ὑποχέω (hupokhéō)
* χῡλός (khūlós)
* χύμα (khúma)
* χῡμός (khūmós)
* χῠ́σῐς (khŭ́sĭs)
* χύτης (khútēs)
* χυτικός (khutikós)
* χύτλον (khútlon)
* χυτός (khutós)
* χύτρα (khútra)
* χύτρος (khútros)

### References

* ↑ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 179
* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χέω, -ομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1627-9

### Further reading

* “χέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “χέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “χέω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* χέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
* χέω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* “χέω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter